Gas inspection dress robbery or two new arrests Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Adachi-ku, October 26, 15:14
Two men in their twenties were arrested for breaking into a metropolitan housing in Adachi-ku, Tokyo and stealing cash, pretending to be a gas check.
In the metropolitan area, more than 10 similar cases have occurred and 5 people have already been arrested, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating it as the same group.
The people arrested were Takuro Nishikido (27) in Miyamae Ward, Kawasaki City and Mitsuo Tsuchiya (24) in Totsuka Ward, Yokohama City, both of whom have unknown occupations.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, there are suspicions of robbery, alleging that they broke into a room in a metropolitan housing in Adachi Ward on the 24th of last month, tied up a couple aged 80 and 74 and stole cash and cash cards.
The two visited by telling a lie, "It's a gas check," and withdrew about 40,000 yen in cash using the stolen cash card.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, they all admitted the charges and stated that they were in trouble with money and saw a note saying that they could make money quickly on Twitter, and that they robbed as the instructor told them.
In Tokyo, Chiba, and Kanagawa, there have been more than 10 cases of robbery disguised as gas and electricity inspections, and five other actors have been arrested.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the fact that the same group is involved.